A madrasa teacher was arrested on charge of rape of a 12-year-old child in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila amid protest by locals yesterday.

The arrestee, identified as Md Mohsin, 35, hailed from Kachutia village in Atpara upazila of Netrokona, is a teacher at Darun Hikmah Hafizia Madrasa in the Maona Chowrasta area.

The child's family allege that the incident took place inside the madrasa yesterday afternoon.

As the news spread, locals detained Mohsin and took him to the police box at Maona Chowrasta. Around 10:00pm, a mob formed on the spot with the presence of more than hundred people. On information, two police teams from Sreepur Police Station went there to control the situation.

Police rescued Mohsin and took him to the police station after additional police teams were dispatched to disperse the mob around 11:00pm.

Later, the victim's father filed a case, in which the teacher was shown arrested, said Sreepur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Abdul Barik.